Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids
Speaking tips (Grammar point): Most actions add -ed: play → played, watch → watched. Some are special — learn them: go → went, do → did, make → made, take → took, eat → ate. After “did” use the simple word: “Did you watch the film?” (not “watched”).
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
- 2.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
- 3.✉️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) picnic (c) letter (d) beach
- 4.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
- 5.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
- 6.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
- 7.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- 8.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
- 9.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
- 10.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
- 11.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / train / a / We / took
- 12.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) fireworks (c) camera (d) beach
- 13.🎆 What is this? (a) diya (b) fireworks (c) camera (d) beach
- 14.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
- 15.Make a sentence: train / We / Jaipur. / a / to / took
- 16.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- 17.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / made / for / sweets
- 18.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / for
- 19.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / everyone. / for / sweets
- 20.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / lit / diyas / We / night.
- 21.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / for / made
- 22.Make a sentence: a / wrote / to / letter / Riya / grandmother. / her
- 23.Make a sentence: a / train / took / to / Jaipur. / We
- 24.📷 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) film (d) sweets
- 25.Make a sentence: night. / We / lit / diyas / Diwali / on
- 26.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
- 27.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / diyas / on / night. / We
- 28.Make a sentence: diyas / We / Diwali / night. / on / lit
- 29.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / wrote / her / a / to / letter
- 30.Make a sentence: a / took / Jaipur. / to / train / We
- 31.Make a sentence: to / We / took / Jaipur. / train / a
- 32.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
- 33.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets / made
- 34.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / We / night. / Diwali / on
- 35.🚂 What is this? (a) diya (b) letter (c) train (d) fireworks
- 36.Make a sentence: a / letter / wrote / to / grandmother. / Riya / her
- 37.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
- 38.🧺 What is this? (a) diya (b) film (c) fireworks (d) picnic
- 39.🛕 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) temple (d) letter
- 40.Make a sentence: We / train / took / Jaipur. / to / a
Answer key
- took
- went
- letter
- watch
- We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- made
- Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- were
- was
- We took a train to Jaipur.
- We took a train to Jaipur.
- sweets
- fireworks
- Last week, we went to the beach.
- We took a train to Jaipur.
- Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- We took a train to Jaipur.
- camera
- We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- did
- We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- We took a train to Jaipur.
- We took a train to Jaipur.
- played
- Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- train
- Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
- picnic
- temple
- We took a train to Jaipur.
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